Mohammad Majid Ebrahimi, who led the research, added that the eggs can be used in veterinary and human vaccine production, the English newspaper, Iran Daily, reported on Tuesday.
Ebrahimi noted that the product will be marketed by mid-March 2015.
'The Presidential Office's Department of Science and Technology supported the project,' he said.
SPF eggs are fertile chicken eggs produced from known SPF parent flocks established and maintained as per the recommendations of a committee appointed in 1974 by the International Association of Biological Standardization (IABS) Geneva, under the chairmanship of Dr. R. Luginbhul, the father of SPF technology.
SPF eggs are free from vertically transmitted agents, namely Avian Adenovirus, Avian encephalomyelitis virus, Reo viruses, Lymphoid luekosis, Reticulo endotheliosis, Mycoplasma gallispticum, Mycoplasma synoviae, Salmonella Pullorum and other vertically transmitted agents.
In addition, the SPF eggs are also free from laterally transmitted infections such as Newcastle disease, infectious bronchitis, infectious bursal disease, Marek’s disease and avian influenza.
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Tehran, June 23, IRNA - After three years of research, scientists at Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute in Karaj, Alborz province, have developed Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) Eggs, an official has recently said.
